Location: Forrest Street Deport, Blantyre
Hours: 35 hours per week
Work Pattern: Monday – Thursday 8.45am – 4.45pm and Friday 8.45am – 4.15pm
South Lanarkshire Council Amenity Services is looking for a landscape development officer to work on play design, park and open space development addressing both hard and soft landscaping. Candidates must be able to demonstrate experience in landscape/play/garden design and be competent in using design software.
Preparing designs using Autocad or similar, from concept drawings to detailed designs, preparation of budget costings, bill of quantities, specifications and tender documents.
Liaising with clients regarding landscape projects ensuring compliance with council policies, standing orders and relevant legislation.
Providing horticultural professional advice to stakeholders both internal and external.
Ensuring that designs are completed in accordance with pre-determined timescales, safety standards and within budget.
Experience in working with multidisciplined teams and demonstration of excellent communication skills is essential.
Knowledge of NEC contract management document preparation would be advantageous, as well experience in dealing with contractors.
Please Apply online -All correspondence will be via your email address.
Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.
Equal Opportunitiesand Armed Forces Community Covenant
South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community.As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.
South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.
Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents
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